The Dillon tribune. [volume] (Dillon, Mont.) 1881-1941, 1887-01-07

Tie was the most courteous and best
dressed gentleman in America. As presi-
dent he was apprcachabe and kindly to all.
There was n grace and dignity in his pose
ami hearing, which might be commended to
all lis countrvmc,. Whatever president
con!d do to be both useful and ornamental to
the country. Arthur did. to the best Of his
ability T,,cr" is no doubt of that And
whatever he did was done in good taste. He
entertained so generously and handsomely
that he spent nearly all his presidential sal.
airy rs he went. 1t is told hat he had eighty
pairs of trousers at once
The good will Of IKE larger portion Of the
Republican party slowly returned to him.
Even active hostility sank at least into III.
difference.
So the boys dream Of bein, Il political
leader was fulfilled. lie had got his wish
and more than he expected. But it crushed
him at last. The cloud of powder smoke
which settled down over him when the fatal
shot was fired at Garfield that July morning
never lifted. Great shocks and great worries
kill \ thrilling scene was that in which, at
his home in New York, 1913 Lexington ave-
nue., he took oath Of Office us president Of the
United States. Garfield died between 10 and
II o'clock p. M, Monday, Sept. 10, 1881. A
few hours later, in the dead Of night,
the presidential oath was administered to
Arthur by Judge John Il. Brady, of the
supreme court of New York, that the co,,n-
try might not be without IL president. A
touching little incident ut the time shows tue
affection that existed between Arthur and
his children. Judge Brady has recalled it
since the death OF the cx-pres'lcnt. Hc says:
Tho scene which occurred after I had
E,,ss0 ,,I Il
which viii remember as long us live, as it
f.! is seldom that such marked d.vo is seen
between father and child.
"Dstrict Attorney Rollins stepped forward
and offered his hand to congratulate the pres
idcnt hut before Gen. Arthur could raise his
hand his son Allan, who wa; rs tall as his
father, spran, between them. saying Me
first, pnpa!' and throwing his arms around
hi, father. kissed him. Tho president folded
! boil, arms around his son and tu,l,ly enl-
! b,accd him before lc received the con%ratu-
! lainlS of the rest y! us. 1t was Il touching
scene. and one which left an impression ON all
who were present"
He took his seat. and as time went on his
term became tranquil. lie lived down tho
! bitterness OF those who had been his enemies
Then it was that the enemy whom man
can stavc OFF appeared. President Arthur
began to fail slightly ut first, then more and
more. Liver and kidney arrangement, the
result of worry and intense suppressed feel
ing, appeared. His heart became seriously
enlarged. There was Il susceptibility to colds
which was troublesome, even dangerous.
Then his stomach began to fail. This man
of superb physique could no longer
digest his food. 1t could not he dis
gus,.l; Brishts diseasc-that grim fol
lower of intense and long continued men,
tai worry-!,ad appeared. Then Arthur
and Artllr's physicians alike knew that it
was all up with him, though he was only 81
when he died. All the world began to speak
of him kindly and to recall his past good
deeds. So it is always with dying men. The
newspapers recalled among other things how
he alone had fought for and secured tho right
of the coIored race to ride in public convey
ancas il, New Work city, the same rs white
people.
For two Year he had been an invalid
knowing what the inevitable end would be
Only week before he died hc sail: "Aftc,
nll. life is not WORT, living"
And yet he had had his wish